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brianlolly Member Posts: 1 Registered:    2004-03-09	Posted: Mar 09, 2004 10:54:55 pm     Hello everyone! I'm so glad to have found this site! I'm Lolly, mom to two and a half year old Eleanor, and I'm 7 weeks pregnant with #2. I had HG with Eleanor and took Zofran my entire pregnancy. Before I got on the Zofran, I was vomiting whenever I ate or drank, and whenever I tried to take Phenergan. This time around I was really hoping it wouldn't be so bad, but I've already started taking Zofran and Phenergan (because I can't afford enough Zofran). I'm feeling really guilty, though, because I haven't vomited this time. Not once. I totally feel like I'm just being a wimp and should be able to stand the constant nausea (still nauseated with Zofran) and I just don't want to throw up a little. Then, the rational side of me kicks in and says I know my body and I know the hyperemesis was starting again and I just beat it to the punch by taking the Zofran before I started vomiting. I would never ordinarily take something that could cause problems for my kids (I suffer with rotten allergies rather than take antihistamines that enter my breastmilk, etc.). I guess I just need to know that I'm not being selfish by taking the Zofran when I haven't even thrown up yet. I'm sorry for rambling, I just don't have anyone except my hubby to talk to about it, and all this just needed to get out. --------------------------- Lolly mama to 2 1/2 year old Eleanor and #2 edd 10-28-04
JennyK Member Posts: 34 Registered:    2003-12-12	Posted: Mar 11, 2004 1:48:50 pm     Take the Zofran! Maybe you can head things off by getting on top of the nausea ASAP. Don't let yourself get into the downward spiral of dehydration. Zofran is safe. I took it up to the day my daughter was born and she is perfect, if I do say so myself. You are doing your baby a service by keeping yourself as healthy as possible. Don't feel guilty!
SusanJ Member Posts: 7 Registered:    2004-03-10	Posted: Mar 11, 2004 3:17:27 pm     Hi Lolly, I know exactly how you feel, I am a Mum of an 18th month old and I am 13 weeks into my second pregnancy, I have been taking a drug called Cyclizine since I was five weeks pregnant and I keep asking the same question - is it safe. The doctors told me it was, and if I didnt take the drugs I would do more harm by vomitting all the time and becoming dehyrated. I think you are fortunate that you can get Zofron, as over in the UK it is not available, but of what I have read recently it seems to be the most widely used drug for HG. Have you tried accupuncture, I have had four treatments now and in the last week I have been able to wean myself off Cyclizine as I found the accupuncture gives me some relief. I wish you the best, take care... Susan Edited on: Mar 11, 2004 3:24:11 pm --------------------------- Susan
chez Member Posts: 11 Registered:    2004-01-25	Posted: Mar 11, 2004 5:33:46 pm     Hi Susan, just to let you know,(being from Scotland) you can get Zofran on the NHS in the UK, as I used it with my second pregnancy untill birth, as Stemital did not seem to work for me as it had with my first pregnancy, second time around. In saying that the doctors did not give it out without trying everything else twice round or more, it was my last hope as nothing else worked. I was constantly reminded how expensive the drug was and could I do without it now? every time I needed a new perscription, but I realy needed it till the end. (Basicaly it is more expensive to keep you in hospital in a drip so eventually they will prescribe Zofran) Anyway hope you are all feeling better, also my son and daughter are also 'perfect' after the concoction of drugs I took when pregnant, so do not feel guity about not being sick, the depression of lying in bed for weeks on end affects not only you but your family and relasionships as well. Chez.
chani Member Posts: 50 Registered:    2003-12-28	Posted: Mar 11, 2004 7:05:06 pm     i'm currently 8 weeks, and i to wonder sometimes if i am selfish or a wimp for warding off HG and even normal morning sickness by taking Zofran and unisom. but then i think about it. there are two reasons i take these medications when i am not dead sick (like last time). the first reason is to ward of the sickness, i want to keep it under controll. the second reason that i take it is because i can. why suffer? i have a one year old son, a job, a husband, and bills to pay. I trust zofran and Unisom for my pregnancy. Good luck, and i hope that you will continue to take you meds even when you feel good. --------------------------- chani